Ah yes, the academy.We might not win the Europa but at least it'll give us a chance to play some of our academy.
If even one of them comes good that'd be worth its weight in gold, and arguably more than an extra 50m of CL money. Imagine Bergvall, Donley, Lankshear, Phillips, Hall, Dorrington, Moore & co getting minutes in Europe and working their way into the first team, what could be more satisfying as a fan.
Conversely if we're in the CL you know Ange is just playing his first team 3 times a week; everyone's getting injured and it'll completely fuck our domestic season like it did with Newcastle and United this year.
That thing that's produced 2 decent players in 30 years or so. Let's forgo Wednesday nights against Real Madrid, and play against Carrybag FC at 5pm on a Thursday to watch the next Tom Carroll come through the ranks.
And pay through the fucking nose for it.